Sad Fact: 84% of people who make this promise never follow through!

Why?

Because majority of people that make this promise have not truly made decision to get in shape.

Making The Decision

It took me over nine years to finally make decision. At my heaviest, I weighed 293 lbs. I must have told my wife 500 times, "I'm going to get in shape, I'll start on Monday". Well, 500 Mondays came and went, I did absolutely nothing, and I was still as big as a house! I finally made decision standing naked in front of bathroom mirror. It was a scary sight. I couldn't believe how fat I was! When I was young, I was always in great shape. After I got married I started working 70 hours a week, didn't find time to exercise, ate wrong foods, drank too much beer, and over a nine year period of time, gained about 100 lbs.!

I was sick and tired of way I looked and felt, and negative effects that being obese was having on my life. Simple everyday things like tying my shoes or climbing a flight of stairs, were suddenly a challenge.

Getting in shape has a positive ripple effect into every aspect of your life. When you look better, you feel better about yourself. Your self-esteem and sense of dignity improve, your relationships improve, you will have more energy and motivation than you know what to do with. Most importantly, your health returns and your quality of life improves. There is nothing more important than your health: ignore it, and it will go away.

Type 2 diabetes accounts for over 90% of all diabetes cases. It occurs when your body can not properly utilize insulin in getting nutrients to your cells. This results in high levels of sugar in your blood. The number of cases of diabetes has been growing rapidly. Studies indicate that over 16 million Americans have some form of diabetes! Type 2 diabetes used to be considered a disease of old, but not anymore. It is becoming much more prevalent in younger people and has recently been showing an alarming increase among young people.

Diabetes is a disease where your underlying genetic background is critical. If you have these genes and are at risk of developing diabetes, your lifestyle decisions very well may determine whether these genes become active or remain dormant.